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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia said on Monday that Arab and Islamic countries will
step in to help Egypt if Western nations cut aid packages to Cairo over
a crackdown on extremists.

{Arab countries only please, don't use the phrase Islamic countries in this. You can't be further away from Islam when you announce these things.}

“To those who have announced they are
cutting their aid to Egypt, or threatening to do that, (we say that)
Arab and Muslim nations are rich... and will not hesitate to help
Egypt,” Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said in a statement
carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

{Rich in our skullduggery, no doubt. Rich in our quest to strengthen our own positions of power. Rich in not implementing even the basics of Qura'anic instructions to not sell our deen for a few paltry gains in this world. Rich, indeed.}

Prince Saud was speaking upon his return from France, where he held
talks with President Francois Hollande, who strongly condemned violence
in Egypt.
"I assure everyone that the leadership, the government and
the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have stood and will always
stand with Egypt and that the Arab states will not never accept
manipulation of their fates or tampering with their security and
stability by the international community," Prince Saud said.

{The Kingdom will never accept manipulation of its fate, ever. I agree. Why? Because it's already accepted it, integrated it into itself, owned it, and now propagating it to others.}

"Our
fate is one and our goal is one. As you enjoy security, calm and
stability, do not consider them as too much for us," he added.

He lamented that some countries choose to fault Egypt's interim
government for taking action to restore security by cracking down on
terrorism, yet refuse to take concrete steps to help stop the carnage in
Syria.

"We see unfortunately today international positions which
have taken a strange course to ignore these irrefutable facts and focus
on general principles as if they want to cover up what these opponents
committing of the crimes, the burning of Egypt, and killing of its safe
people, and even to encourage these parties to persist in such
practices.

{We see, unfortunately, the Kingdom supporting those people who have done this:

A member of Egypt’s security forces kicks a supporter of ousted Islamist
president Mohamed Morsi as they clear a sit-in camp set up near Cairo
University in Cairo’s Giza district, on Aug. 14, 2013. (AP). Image source: The Washington Post

So its stranger to see the Kingdom of Saudi blatantly supporting the security forces of Egypt who themselves are indulging in a blatant act of terrorism against the civilians of Egypt, cheered on by none other than your dear master, the beloved:

{So we're seeing stranger things Mr. King, or Prince, or whatever. And by the way, good news for you. This dear pal of yours will be out of Tora jail by the end of the week (so much for the Arab spring):

"Where is the concern for human rights and the sanctity of blood and carnage that takes place every day in Syria ...? he asked.

Prince
Saud Al-Faisal stressed that if these attitudes continue, Saudi Arabia
and the Arab and Muslim world will not forget that.

"All countries
that take such negative attitudes toward Egypt should know that the
blaze and ruin will not be limited to Egypt alone, but they will be
reflected on all those who have contributed or stood by problems and
disorders taking place in Egypt today," he said.

Hundreds of people
have been killed in the North African country since security forces
began a clampdown on Muslim Brotherhood protests last week.
US
Senator John McCain called on Washington to suspend its $1.3 billion in
annual aid to Egypt’s military after it overthrew Islamist president
Muhammad Mursi on July 3.

But some US lawmakers have expressed
concern that cutting off aid could endanger the peace treaty with Israel
or compromise US privileges with regard to the Suez Canal.

Foreign ministers of the European Union are to hold emergency talks on Wednesday to review the bloc’s relations with Cairo.

At
stake is nearly five billion euros ($6.7 billion) in loans and grants
promised by the world’s top aid donor to Egypt for 2012-2013. It
includes one billion euros from the EU with the rest from European banks
the EIB and EBRD.

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About Me

I love reading. Arguing about something worthwhile is my favorite pastime. Limericks bring joy to me. I smile at the elderly - and I love playing with kids.
Life is strange. I'd like to decipher it ..and soon. Since it's way too short too!
Religion is my passion..Quran and Arabic are two of the main things I intend to understand soon.. Insha Allah.
I would like to know what quantum computing is ...
Coherent ? Bet not :P